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Full cast announced for JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK starring J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance

Full casting has been announced for the new production of Seán O’Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus, which plays at the Gielgud Theatre from 21 September.

Joining the previously announced J. Smith-Cameron as Juno Boyle and Mark Rylance ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle are: Paul Hilton as ‘Joxer’ Daly, Aisling Kearns as Mary Boyle, Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty as Johnny Boyle, Ingrid Craigie as Mrs Tancred, Anna Healy as Mrs Maisie Madigan, Chris Walley as Charles Bentham, Seán Duggan as ‘Needle’ Nugent, and Leo Hanna as Jerry Devine, with Jessica Cervi, Caolan McCarthy, Bryan Moriarty, John Rice and Jacinta Whyte.

The creative team includes set and costume designer Rob Howell, lighting designer Hugh Vanstone, composer Claire van Kampen, sound designer Simon Baker, and casting director Serena Hill CDG.

‘WHAT CAN GOD DO AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF MEN?’

Dublin, 1922, the Irish Civil War is tearing the nation apart. In the cauldron of the family’s tiny tenement flat, Juno Boyle, a beleaguered matriarch whose sharp wit is a survival tool, struggles to make ends meet and keep the family together. Her husband, ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle, fancies himself a ship's commander but sails no further than the pub. When providence comes knocking with life changing news, could the family’s troubles finally fade away?

Poetic, poignant, and hilarious, Juno and the Paycock is a big-hearted, black-humoured, tragi-comic triumph that reflects on a mother’s resilience in the midst of life’s most trying moments.

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